Crime Rates at Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1AQ

Elm Grove area has the 28th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 74th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elm Grove (PO5 1AQ) in the last 12 months was 266.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% lower than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -90.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 135.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elm Grove (PO5 1AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 159 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stafford Road (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.